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world music Definition

world music

noun

contemporary folk and popular music of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, as distinguished from that of the U.S., the U.K., and, sometimes, W Europe

world music Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • festival: There is also a good annual world music festival in Arles, near Marseille and the Camargue, in mid-July.
  • fusion: This could be considered the Taj Mahal of world music fusion!